Soumsoum, The Night of the Stars (2026)

Original title

Soumsoum, la nuit des astres

Directed by

Mahamat Saleh Haroun

Genre

drama film

Country

Chad, France

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager girl in the Ennedi mountains of Chad has visions she cannot understand. The film follows her as she lives with these strange experiences.

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What happens

Soumsoum, The Night Of The Stars (French: Soumsoum, la nuit des astres) is a 2026 drama film directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, co-written by Haroun and Laurent Gaudé. Set in the Ennedi mountains of northeastern Chad, it follows Kellou (Maïmouna Miawama), a teenager girl haunted by visions she does not understand. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival on 19 February 2026, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film. It was theatrically released in France by KMBO on 22 April. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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